Legal Education Roundup (Jan 8, 2021)
Recent reports on the future of law schools and legal education.
"A Great Debate of 2020: Is It Time to Throw Out California's Bar Exam?," The Recorder
"Pass Rate on New Jersey's 1st Online Bar Exam Holds Steady," New Jersey Law Journal
"Pass Rate Further Increased for Georgia Bar Exam, Despite Remote Format," Daily Report
"Thousands of California bar exam takers have video files flagged for review," ABA Journal
"California Deans Ask That Students Who Passed California Bar Be Admitted To D.C. Bar," TaxProf Blog
"Rutgers University Names Newark Dorm for Ruth Bader Ginsburg," New Jersey Law Journal
"National Law School Enrollment Holds Steady Despite Pandemic," Law.com
"Law school first-year academic dismissals drop more than 50% after spring semester without grades," Excess of Democracy Blog
"Fall 2020 Law School Enrollment Increased 2.4% (+1.5% JD, +7.4% Non-JD); 1L Enrollment Fell 0.2%," TaxProf Blog
"LSAC: The Fall 2020 Law School Class ... And An Early Look At The Incoming Fall 2021 Class," TaxProf Blog
"Organ: 2020 Legal Ed Data Show Rebound In Transfer Market," TaxProf Blog
"Organ: Attrition Analysis For 2018, 2019, 2020 — With A Focus On Ethnicity," TaxProf Blog
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